Folding pin ticket



M. RABINOWITZ FOLDING PIN TICKET Nov. 22, 1927. d

Filed April 27, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 22, i927.

Mannen nanlnowrrajor new YORK, n. Y.

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Application filed April 427', 1927. :Serial No. 187,058. y .i

The present inventionis concerned with improvements in folding pintickets ofthe character commonly employed for tagging garments, cloth,or various other,articlesv of textile.merchandise. j v g n i One of themost. comniion inconveniences encounteredV in connection with` the useof pin tickets has been the failure to `provide any efficientmeansforprotectlng the `pin ends. In consequence, the ,people `handlingthe goods frequently scratch and tear their hands and clothing on theexposed ends Aof the pins, not onlyy when removing the tickets, but inthe ordinary course of handling the merchandise.

A prime object of the present invention to overcome this difficulty bythe provision of a folding pin ticket so arranged that when in appliedposition, there will be'no projecting or accessible pin ends upon whichpersons handling the Nmerchandise may scratch themselves.

A further object of the invention is to provide a folding pin ticketwhich may be applied and removed with expedition and facility andwithout danger of scratching or pricking the fingers during the manipulation of the ticket.

Still other objects of the invention are to provide a pin ticket ofsimple, practical construction which will be rugged, durable andeflicient in use, and well suited to the requirements of economicalmanufacture.

W'ith the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and `combinations andarrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth andpointedl out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understoodfrom the `following description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- F 1 is a perspective view of a pin ticket embodyingthe present invention prior to its application to the goods to bemarked.

2 is a plan view showing the ticket in applied position.

Figv is a plan View of the blank from which the ticket is formed.

Fig. 4 is av greatly enlarged transverse sectional viewonthe line 44-4of Fig. 2.

The ticket of the present invention is preferably formed from a.generally rectangularL elongated blank 10 provided with a transversefold line 11 dividing theticket into a pair of similarly shaped sections12 and 13 .additionally provided with la' adaptedlto lieven oppositesides of an article of merchandise tofwhich the ticket is attacked;` iThe `free edge of the section 13' is A l relatively short flap 14adapted to be folded inwardly 'on the line`l15. j

Adjacent the free edge of the section-12 v there is mounted a doublepointed pin, the intermediate portion of which 1s bent as at 16aroundkthe edge of the section 12, and j the endsof which passed throughthe section 12 are inwardly offset as at 17 and terminate in ampair ofpin rportions 1 8 disposed inapproXimate parallelism with eachother andnormally at right angleslto the surface of thesection 12. j Y ,j j`lThefin'wardly vfolding vflap 14 is provided witha pairof openings 19throughl which the pins `18 are adapted to pass afterthey havepenetrated the fabric 42,0 of the merchandise. "Arranged lnear the freeedge fof the section y18 are a pair of oppositel'y disposed keyholeslots 21, the enlarged inner ends 22 of which align with the openings 19and permit free passage of the pins 18 therethrough.

In applying the ticket to .a fabric such as 20, two sections 12 and 13lie on opposite sides of the fabric; the pins 18 passl through thefabric and through the aligned openings 19 and 22. The pins are thenmanually bent in opposite directions againstthat face of the flap 14which lies adjacent the section 13. The keyhole slots 21 permit suchbending of the pins, and due to the inherent resiliency of therpaper orcardboard material ofthe ticket, flap 14 will spring' slightly awayfromthe section 13, and the pin. ends will be entirely inaccessible fromthe outer surface of the section 13. These pin ends lie underth'e'keyhole slots and against the face of the tab. Thus, the fabric orother article of manufacture `2() may b-e carelessly handled without anydanger of tearing the hands on the projecting ends of the pins. When itis desired to remove the pin ticket from the fabric, the operator simplygrasps the two inner corners of the ticket, vflexing the sametransversely to expose the pins, then manually bends the pins back intoapproximate parallelism and removes the ticket by sepa rating the twoends of the sections y12 and 13 to withdraw the pins from the fabric.

While Ihave shown the slots 21 as of general keyhole shape, itwillrbeapparent that `any equivalent shape might be used in this connection, itis also to be understood that theparticular manner of attaching or vanchoring the pin portion of the ticket to the section 12is subject to aWide range of variation and any conventional method of attaching the pinmay be employed. The present invention is particularly concerned withthe provision of the means which prevents projection of the pin endswhen the ticket is applied and the merchandise han# Y such ,changes'andalterations as fairly fall Within the spirit'and scope of the appended lclaims.

I claim:

l. A pin ticketV including generally similarly shaped sections adaptedto lie on opposite sides of a fabric and hingedly con nected at oneedge, a double pointed pin carried .by one section adjacent the freeedge of Lthe latter; an inwardly folding tab connected to the free'edgeof the other section, said tab having' openings therein through which 3*the pins are adapted to pass after they have penetrated the fabric7 saidtab-bearing section having slots therein aligned with the openings inthe tab and of sufficient lengt-h to permit the pin ends to be bent backthrough the slots against the face of the tab through which the pinshave passed, said slots being of general narrow elongated shape withtheir inner ends aligned with the openings in the tabs and their otherends extending in opposite directions toward the side edges of theslotted section.

2. A fastener for tickets, envelopes or the like including a pin bearingmember and a flap member, a double pointed pin carried by the pinbearing member, an inwardly folding tab connected lo the free edge ofthe Hap member7 said tab having openings therein through which the pinsare adapted to pass, said flap having slots therein aligned with theopenings in the tab and of sutilcient length to permit the pin ends tobe folded back through the slots against the face of the tab throughwhich the pins have passed, said slots being of general narrow elongatedshape with their inner ends aligned with the openings in the tabs andtheir other ends extending in opposite directions toward the side edgesof the flap.

MENDEL RABINOWITZ.

